Mike W.
3 de septiembre de 2020
I wish there was a 6th star. Honestly one of the best products I've gotten on Amazon.
For reference I had Lowe's Iris before it folded, I now have Samsung Smart-things and Amazon Alexa. My house is pretty smart. I've got devices galore from lots of different generations and brands. I have the Schlage Connected Smart Keypad Z-Wave Lever. I'm pretty used to the various challenges of working with equipment like this.In all of my time doing stuff like this I have never found a single item that made me say yes like Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally, until now.The order. I generally lean towards sold and fulfilled by Amazon, but the steep review curve for 5 stars and the acceptable window of 3 to 5 days even though I was ordering in the wee hours of a Sunday morning was acceptable, if it was as good as people said. I got it in 2 days after the first day a person could have seen it. I have no gripes there. Amazon level of delivery and that really is the gold standard today. yes...The package. It arrived and the first thing I noticed was that it was HEAVY. Like, is this shrink wrapped bricks? Is it a slab of lead, DU? A brief shake indicated that there was only the tiniest of jingles inside it. Now I was intrigued. I opened the package which was designed and implemented like it held high end scientific devices with everything in its own perfectly sized recessed pocket in the high density closed cell foam. Nested packages were as individualized as made sense. Screws separated by stage of install and door configuration. Stick on protection for any surface of the parts that you wouldn't want scratched. Physically, the shipment, the packaging, and all of the pieces were perfect.Yes...The install. It was much easier than the Schlage. Hard to read instructions, NOPE, super easy to follow video with shots done from angles that make sense for that stage. They even include a QR code if you don't feel like typing the supplied URL. It was so easy and smooth that I really can't say anything about it. If you have a Phillips head screwdriver and thumbs you can do this. Heck, you may even be able to do it without thumbs. Test it once it's installed and you're done.YES...Setup. Now I thought, the real nightmare probably begins. For comparison, with the Schlage, to program anything you really need the home automation side. With Lowe's Iris it was bearable but usually if I wanted to push changes to it I had to demount it and walk it over closer to the hub. It frequently required multiple attempts and sometimes ended up in a worse configuration as it wiped ones I wanted to keep and didn't load ones I did. Smart-things is even worse. Third party IDEs to interface and cobbled together rats nests of code. I use this part to do this, but that part to do that, this one only runs in Classic, that one runs in the new version unless you want to do this other thing then you have to run in classic... That's not the case here. Download one easy to find App from the app store. It's the only one and it's obvious. Again there's a video along with another QR code to get to it. I must confess that I didn't watch it. I opened the App. Login or Register? I guess register. Yup. Phone number, uh huh. SMS code came in, yup. Touch the knob to put it in pairing mode, ok. Oh it's paired and done and I'm in? That's pretty straight forward.Ohhhh...Configuration. Let's see what we've got here. Plainly legible and easily navigable? Pleasantly surprising, clean and clear. I'm tingly. Ok, I see pass codes lets check that out. Standard 3 dot drop down menu add, clear, etc. Add. Permanent. Wow that was crazy intuitive. Finger prints? I could go on, but seriously coming from other systems I can say that it is literally the most clean and intuitive FUNCTIONAL UI I have ever worked with. EVERYTHING is where and how you would think it should be. Everything that can be done with it is simple to implement with explanations available where you might need it, voice prompts, etc...YES YES YES YES!!!!In short, I love it. If you are looking to smarten up your entry control at a good price with no hassle, then you should have what he's having, Sifely.Ver másVer menos
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